Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| We / every other day / soup / have |
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| for dinner / eats / Mike / pizza / often |
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| find / never / your car keys / You / can |
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| in the mornings. / usually / am / very tired / Something is the matter with me. I |
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| ? / to the gym / you / Do / go / every day |
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| once a month / usually / to the hairdresser's / I / go |
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| I / what to say / never / know |
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| dress / in green? / always / Can / I |
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| Does / ? / always / win / Kevin |
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| some help with the homework / usually / They / need |
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| very often / dresses / in blue / She |
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| do / go / to the disco? / How / often / you |
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| will / Tom / help you / rarely / if you need it |
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| to the gym / three times a week / go / I |
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| shopping / day in, day out / have to go / I |
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| usually / you / at home? / Do / have lunch |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / listens / when you talk to her / She |
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| They / can / never / listen |
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| oranges / hardly ever / I / eat |
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| asking me questions / is / She / always |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| me / twice / phoned / she / Yesterday, |
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| every other day. / need / some petrol / I travel a lot. I |
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| almost never / go on holiday / My parents |
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| several times a year / breaks down / My car |
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| very often / to help me / My parents / come |
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| saw / I / five times / it |
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| usually / to the dentist / once a year / go / I |
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| you / Do / often / feel tired? |
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| get up / I / always / at 8 a.m. |
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| late / John / often / is |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
